Tag: popular

All the articles with the tag "popular".

• My Experience with the Amazon Promotion Process

  Originally:Jan 24, 2023 | updated Feb 21, 2026

  |3 min read

  My promo journey at Amazon took two years from when I first thought I was ready. One rejection, a lot of reflection, and a manager's quote that made it all click.

• DevOps from Scratch, Part 1: Vagrant & Ansible

  Published:Sep 19, 2016

  |16 min read

  A step-by-step Flask setup using Vagrant and Ansible to automate a local server, with Gunicorn and nginx. Part one of a 2016 tutorial series.

• Answers to Django Security Questions

  Published:Oct 16, 2015

  |9 min read

  I found a list of Django security questions but couldn't find clear answers anywhere. So I dug in and wrote them myself, covering everything from CSRF and SQL injection to password hashing and mass assignment.

• Dangerous Python Functions

  Originally:Jul 26, 2015 | updated Feb 21, 2026

  |4 min read

  Examples of command and code injection through Python's shell calls, exec, and eval, with safer alternatives for handling untrusted input.

• Code Review Best Practices

  Published:May 5, 2015

  |9 min read

  What I look for in a code review, from design and duplication to tests, and how I discuss changes with the person who wrote them.